The Helpline

Name: The Helpline
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ISBN: 9781922268037

Katherine Collette

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English

Text Publishing Company
07 January 2020

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Australian Fiction

The b-format edition of the big-hearted and hilarious Australian debut that charmed the world.

Germaine Johnson may not be all that good with people but she's great with numbers.

Unfortunately, as she discovers after the incident at Wallace Insurance, there are very few openings these days for senior mathematicians.

Then her cousin gets her a job at the council. On the Senior Citizens Helpline.

It's not the resume entry Germaine wanted - but it turns out Mayor Verity Bainbridge has something more interesting in mind for her. A secret project involving the troublemakers at the senior citizens centre and their feud with the golf club next door. Which is run by the strangely attractive Don Thomas.

Don and the mayor want the seniors closed down. Germaine wants what Don and the mayor want. But when she's forced to get to know the 'troublemakers' - things get more complicated.

A sharp, witty, big-hearted comedy from a hilarious new Australian writer, Katherine Collette's The Helpline is about people power and brain power - and the difficulty of getting them to work together.

By: Katherine Collette
Imprint: Text Publishing Company
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 195mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 276g
ISBN: 9781922268037
ISBN 10: 1922268038
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 07 January 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Katherine Collette is a writer and environmental engineer. She lives in Melbourne with her husband and two children. The Helpline is her first novel.

Reviews for The Helpline

`The Helpline is populated with prickly women who are often terse or unkind to the people around them. And it's wonderful.' * Broadsheet * `Witty and unexpectedly charming, The Helpline is genuinely hilarious.' * Overland * 'The character of Germaine, endearing but far from cutesy, is the great triumph of this accomplished debut.' * Sydney Morning Herald *